{"id":183463,"date":"2018-05-31T19:01:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T23:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=183463"},"modified":"2018-06-06T11:31:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T15:31:35","slug":"planned-parenthood-attacks-abuse-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-attacks-abuse-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"In calling Live Action’s investigation ‘discredited,’ Planned Parenthood attacks abuse victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Planned Parenthood responded to Live Action\u2019s new investigative report<\/a> that reveals the abortion<\/a> chain\u2019s pattern of helping child sex abusers cover up their crimes. Live Action released the first<\/a>\u00a0part of a docuseries which features court cases concerning Planned Parenthood’s unreported sexual abuse of children. The cases went into explicit detail. The abortion chain has been caught repeatedly committing abortions on abuse victims as young as 12 and 13 years old, failing to report the suspected abuse and returning the victims to their abusers.<\/p>\n

In response to Live Action’s mountain of evidence<\/a>, according to Politico, Planned Parenthood has stated that “Live Action\u2019s report draws on discredited evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a Tweet last night, Live Action responded to Planned Parenthood about this so-called “discredited evidence”:<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood claims Aiding Abusers report discredited. (Image credit: Live Action Twitter Page)<\/p><\/div>\n

Live Action’s evidence<\/a> is public and available for anyone to see. Below is a sample image from just one of the horrific criminal cases unearthed in Live Action’s investigation. It shows that the victim of George Savanah<\/a>\u00a0suffered years of additional abuse. This was due in part to Planned Parenthood’s willingness to turn a blind eye to victims. (Read more on this case here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Sexual predator George Savannah took his\u00a0victim to Planned Parenthood.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lila Rose, president and founder of Live Action, responded to Planned Parenthood’s smear in a press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When Planned Parenthood calls our report “discredited,” they are attacking the testimonies of the very girls who endured horrific abuse and then had it covered up by their own abortion centers.<\/p>\n

To be clear, the report includes numerous court cases, multiple news media reports, official police reports, state health department records, manager testimonials admitting a failure to report, and statements of underage sex abuse victims saying they were returned to their abusers after forced abortions.<\/p>\n

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Lila Rose introduces Live Action’s Planned Parenthood Aiding Abusers series<\/p><\/div>\n

Planned Parenthood has said repeatedly that victims of sexual abuse should be believed, yet when they call these cases that are documented in court records and media accounts “discredited evidence,” they are calling the victims liars, just like their abusers did. At a time when Planned Parenthood\u2019s \u2018Don\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u2019 policy on sexual abuse continues to put girls in danger every day, their callous attempt to discredit victims and their stories is especially abhorrent.<\/p>\n

In today’s #MeToo and #TimesUp climate of intolerance against complicity in covering for sexual abusers, it is no surprise that Planned Parenthood is pointing a finger not only at Live Action, but even more disturbing at the very victims the cases represent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today, Rose also announced the release of a new video<\/a>, in the docuseries<\/a>,\u00a0featuring eyewitness testimonies from four former Planned Parenthood employees\u00a0confirming the organization\u2019s failure to report sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

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